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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here PHIPPS TO RESIGN JOCKEY CLUB CHAIR Ogden Mills (Dinny) Phipps, who has served as the chairman of The Jockey Club for the past 32 years, will resign his chairmanship effective Saturday, August 8, 2015, The Jockey Club announced in a release this GOLDEN START TO PERFECT DAY morning. Their board of stewards will meet on that day, Saturday=s racing surely came extremely following the annual meeting of the membership. close to perfection for any lover of the Phipps, 74, a prominent Thoroughbred. The highlight, inevitably, Thoroughbred owner and had to be American Pharoah=s majestic breeder, was elected to display at Belmont, which finally quenched membership in The Jockey America=s thirst for a Triple Crown winner. Club Oct. 16, 1965. He However, there were no grounds for complaint earlier in became chairman Feb. 10, the day at Epsom, when 1983. His tenure as chairman the exciting Golden Horn is the longest in the history of maintained his unbeaten the organization, which was record in excellent style in created in 1894. August the Derby. Belmont served for Appropriately, each of approximately 30 years (Jan. the colts is a 24, 1895, until Dec. 10, representative of the male 1924). line which has made the AThe Jockey Club has Ogden Mills Phipps greatest impact on his undergone many changes respective country=s Triple Golden Horn over the past 30 years and we have built a solid Crown events in recent Racing Post photo foundation that will help grow and sustain decades. In winning the Thoroughbred breeding and racing in the years ahead,@ Belmont, American Pharoah supplied the Fappiano Phipps said. ADue to some ongoing health issues, I feel branch of the Mr. Prospector line with its 13th win in a like this is a good time to pass the baton and I want to Triple Crown event, the sequence starting with express my gratitude to the members and the Unbridled in the Kentucky Derby of 1990. I haven=t employees of The Jockey Club for their dedication to seen American Pharoah in the flesh, but he appears to this sport over the past three decades.@ possess the size and power that has made this branch AUnder Phipps's leadership, the organization has so effective on America=s dirt tracks. Cont. p5 earned widespread recognition as an industry leader in the areas of medication reform, equine welfare, data collection and dissemination, technology and marketing of the sport," the press release read, citing the following accomplishments under his tenure: ! The relocation in 1988 and continued modernization of the Registry to improve the efficiency and ease of registering Thoroughbreds, including the introduction of DNA testing for parentage verification ! The creation and growth (including through acquisition) of a group of commercial, for-profit subsidiaries and commercial partnerships, all of which are designed to serve specific segments within the industry and now account for more than 75% of The Jockey Club=s combined revenues ! The creation in 1990, along with the Thoroughbred Racing Associations= member racetracks, of the industry-owned database known as Equibase Company ! The creation in 1998 as a founding member of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, a broad-based coalition charged with increasing the popularity, welfare and integrity of Thoroughbred racing. 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Racing Post [email protected] Page 7 Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin & Tom Frary OBS Breeze Show Begins [email protected] The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company on Monday hosted the first of six breeze shows ahead of its June sale, with a pair of juveniles turning in the fastest furlong time of :9 4/5. 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Page 1RR 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com EST Race 3:05p Stockholms Stora Pris-G3, Taby TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/9/15 • PAGE 3 of 8 • thoroughbreddailynews.com The release also cited the industry initiatives such as the Thoroughbred Safety Committee, the Equine Injury Database, the Racing Surfaces & Testing Lab, OwnerView, the Thoroughbred Incentive Program, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium, the Racing Officials Accreditation Program, the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, America=s Best Racing and the television programming for racing telecasts on the NBC Phipps to Resign Jockey Club Chair (cont. from p1) and FOX networks as projects they had supported. Other accomplishments made during Phipps=s tenure Under the chairmanship of Phipps, The Jockey Club include: also hosts the Round Table Conference on Matters ! The development, as a founding member, and Pertaining to Racing, the Welfare and Safety of the continued active involvement with the International Racehorse Summit, and the Thoroughbred Owner Federation of Horseracing Authorities to harmonize Conference. Last week in New York City, it co-hosted rules pertaining to Thoroughbred breeding and racing the 2015 Pan American Conference, attended by more worldwide than 300 industry representatives from 27 countries. ! The creation and management of the World Racing The Jockey Club board of stewards currently includes Hub database in 2000 so that IFHA member Phipps, Stuart S. Janney III (vice chairman), Ian D. organizations could access race records as horses moved Highet (secretary-treasurer), Craig Fravel, John C. among countries due to the globalization of racing Harris, William M. Lear Jr., Dr. Hiram C. Polk Jr., Stella ! Financial and administrative support for a national Thayer, and Peter Willmott. media relations office for the sport of Thoroughbred A nominating committee will recommend candidates racing, originally with Thoroughbred Racing to succeed Phipps as chairman. The committee consists Communications in 1987 and, more recently, with of three members of The Jockey Club: Fravel NTRA and The Jockey Club=s America=s Best Racing (committee chair), Willmott, and D.G. Van Clief Jr. ! The commission of comprehensive industry studies, conducted by McKinsey & Company, on drug testing (1991) and sustainable growth of the sport (2011), and the commitment of significant support to implement the All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, recommendations from each of them. unless otherwise indicated TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/9/15 • PAGE 4 of 8 • thoroughbreddailynews.com BREEDERS’ CUP FESTIVAL WEEK SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED The 40-plus committee charged with organizing a festival week leading up to the Breeders= Cup championships in Lexington has revealed a calendar of events from Oct. 24-31. AThis week promises to be unlike any other in our city=s history,@ said chairperson Kip Cornett. AOur guests from near and far will be treated to a range of entertainment, activities and hospitality unlike any other Breeders= Cup. The investments from our sponsors and the effort from our arts and hospitality sectors have been amazing. They will put on a great show.@ Activities include free outdoor concerts in Courthouse Plaza and Cheapside Park, art exhibits and plays at various venues around the city. There will also be a food truck competition--called the Feeders= Cup--and a AKentucky for Kentucky@ 5k Fun Run and Walk. AWe=re cleaning up, sprucing up and gearing up for a week full of festivities,@ said Lexington Mayor Jim Gray.